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counterbalancecounterbalance /ˌkaʊntɚˈbæləns, ˈkaʊntɚˌbæləns/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEcounterbalance |
Present | I, you, we, they | counterbalance | | he, she, it | counterbalances | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | counterbalanced | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have counterbalanced | | he, she, it | has counterbalanced | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had counterbalanced | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will counterbalance | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have counterbalanced |
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Present | I | am counterbalancing | | he, she, it | is counterbalancing | | you, we, they | are counterbalancing | Past | I, he, she, it | was counterbalancing | | you, we, they | were counterbalancing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been counterbalancing | | he, she, it | has been counterbalancing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been counterbalancing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be counterbalancing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been counterbalancing |
to have an effect that is the opposite of the effect of something else: The humor in her writing counterbalances the seriousness of the subject.—counterbalance /ˈkaʊntɚˌbæləns/ noun [countable] |